The Portage between Canoe Lake and Pine Lake

Portaging Direction: From Canoe Lake to Pine Lake

Wide landing. The shore is made up of gravel and small rocks with a few scattered boulders. Water is shallow. Overall a fine spot to beach your canoe.

This is a challenging portage, but it's easiest going in this direction. From Canoe Lake, the trail rapidly ascends a steep hill in the first 30 rods or so. Once at the summit of this incline, the portage is mostly downhill the rest of the way to Pine Lake. There are some good views along the way, particularly in late fall and early spring when the leaves are off the trees.

There is a gravel beach on the Pine Lake side of this portage. This is a hugely expansive landing area, with room for an armada of canoes. If you are here to visit Johnson Falls, the trail to that double waterfall starts here where the portage to Canoe Lake begins.

This is the true route of this portage between Canoe Lake and Pine Lake. Most maps don't show it correctly. This telemetry data is taken from the GoPro 9 Black video file.

Now that you've made it over the portage, visit: PINE LAKE

Portaging Direction: From Pine Lake to Canoe Lake

Gravel and small rocks make up the material of this beach on Pine Lake. Lots of room here. If planning a hike to Johnson Falls, the trail leading to it starts just over your right shoulder from where you are looking in this photo.

This portage will be a challenge for most groups of paddlers. The portage is most difficult traveling in this direction from Pine Lake to Canoe Lake. From Pine Lake, the 232-rod portage climbs steadily and sometimes steeply for about 150 rods, with a few short flat sections. After that, the trail is somewhat level for the next 50 rods or so. As you near Canoe Lake, the path nosedives about 140 feet in the last 30 rods or so to the shoreline.

Very good landing at the Canoe Lake end of the portage.

Now that you've made it over the portage, visit: CANOE LAKE

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